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Strong's #5244 - ὑπερήφανος
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- showing one's self above others, overtopping, conspicuous above others, pre-eminent
- with an overweening estimate of one's means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt, haughty
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ὑπερήφᾰν-ος, ον,
Dor. ὑπερά- Pi. P. 2.28, B. 16.49: —
mostly in bad sense, overweening, arrogant, Hes. Th. 149, Pi., B. ll. cc., A. Pr. 405 (lyr.), Isoc. 12.196, D. 4.9, Phld. Vit. p.10 J., etc.; Κύριος ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται LXX Proverbs 3:34; ὑβρισταὶ καὶ ὑ. Arist. Rh. 1390b33; -ώτεροι.. καὶ ἀλογιστότεροι ib. 1391a33; οἰκίαι -ώτεραι D. 13.30. Adv., -νως ἔχειν bear oneself proudly, Pl. R. 399b, Tht. 175b; ὑ. ζῶντες living sumptuously, prodigally, Isoc. 4.152, Pl. Lg. 691a; ὀψωνεῖν.. οὐχὶ μετρίως.., ἀλλ' ὑ. Diph. 32.20; of a dish, ὑ. ὄζειν Alex. 261.6 (but also, insolently, brutally, μαστιγοῦν τινα prob. in PCair.Zen. 80.4 (iii B. C.)). — This sense appears in Hom. in the part. ὑπερηφανέων (q. v.).
2. rarely in good sense, magnificent, splendid, σοφία, ἔργον, Pl. Phd. 96a, Smp. 217e; ὑ. τι διαπραττομένη Id. Grg. 511d; ποτήρια χρυσᾶ.., ὑπερήφανα Philippid. 27; πράξεις ὑ. τὸ μέγεθος Plu. Fab. 26; sublime, Dam. Proverbs 3:1-35. Adv. -νως, ἀγωνιζόμενος Plu. Ages. 34.
ὑπερήφανος, ὑπερηφάνου (from ὑπέρ and φαίνομαι, with the connective (or the epic extension (cf. Curtius, § 392)), ἡ; cf. ὑπερηφερης, δυσηλεγής, τανηλεγης εὐηγενής), from Hesiod down;
1. showing oneself above others, overtopping, conspicuous above others, pre-eminent (Plato, Plutarch, others).
2. especially in a bad sense, "with an overweening estimate of one's means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt, haughty" (cf. Westcott, Epistles of St. John, p. 64{b}): Romans 1:30; 2 Timothy 3:2; opposed to ταπεινοί, James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5 (in these two passages after Proverbs 3:34); with διάνοια καρδίας added, Luke 1:51. (The Sept. for זֵד, רָם, גֵּאֶה, etc.; often in the O. T. Apocrypha.) (See Trench, Synonyms, § xxix.; Schmidt, chapter 176, 8.)
STRONGS NT 5244a: ὑπερλίαν ὑπερλίαν (formed like ὑπεράγαν, ὑπέρευ), and written separately ὑπέρ λίαν (so R Tr (cf. Winers Grammar, § 50, 7 Note; Buttmann, § 146, 4)), over much; pre-eminently: οἱ ὑπερλίαν ἀπόστολοι, the most eminent apostles, 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 12:11.
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ὑπερήφανος , -ον (< ὑπέρ , φαίνομαι , c. η pleonast., v. Kühner3, I, 189),
[in LXX for H2086, H1343, H3887, etc.;]
showing oneself above others;
(a) in good sense (Plat., al.), pre-eminent, splendid;
(b) more freq. in had sense, and so always in Scr., arrogant, haughty, disdainful (v. Westc.,
Epp. Jo., 65b): Romans 1:30, 2 Timothy 3:2; διανοίᾳ καρδίας , Luke 1:51; opp. to ταπεινός (as in Proverbs 3:34), James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5 (LXX).†
SYN.: ἀλαζών G213, ὑβριστής , v. Tr., Syn., § xxix.
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For this common proper name cf. P Oxy IV. 800 (c, A.D. 153), where it is the name of a prefect.
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